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What I Need To Know: Most Essential Learning Competency
What I Need To Know: Most Essential Learning Competency
This material will serve as a tool for students to continually learn even
during this time of pandemic.
This lesson is about Professionals and Practitioners in Counselling. This
covers their rights, responsibilities, accountabilities, and code of ethics so
people will further understand their role in the school and in the society as a
whole.
More so, this module is intended to make the readers understand on the
ethical and unethical behaviors among them.
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What I Know
Direction: Read each item carefully and answer directly in your notebook.
1. The following are ethical principles except:
a. Fostering responsible caring
b. Commitment to promoting client’s well-being
c. Responsibility to the society
d. Enhancing human rights
2. It expresses the ethical principles and values of the Association and services
as a guide to the professional and personal conduct of all its members.
a. Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association (PGCA)
b. Code of Ethics
c. Ethical Principles
d. Professional Responsibility
3. Terminating counseling relationships should be done when_____________.
a. Goals of counseling have been met
b. Client condition is beyond the counselor’s expertise
c. Transference or counter-transference issues are evident
d. The client understands the purpose and operation
4. Pro bono means_____________.
a. Counselors render professional services in the community or society
for which there is little or no financial return
b. Professional fees are based on standards prescribed by the existing
laws, ordinances, promulgations, and resolutions
c. Counselors set the parameters and levels of their professional roles
and functions
d. Counselors participate in in-service training for professional growth and
development
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__________4. Psychological tests in accordance with standards should be done by
counselors.
__________5. Rehabilitation services should be available for counselors under
stress.
__________6. Knowledge of Legislative laws is needed when becoming a
counselor.
What’s In
Counselors are employed in schools, colleges, communities, employment
agencies, and business. They are also used in mental institutions, family and
rehabilitation centers, government agencies and non-government organizations and
civic society organizations. Some counselors work with the churches or church-
affiliated counseling services. There are also private practice counselors who provide
their services to clients.
Since counselor is a profession, there are certain standards and quality
service that needs to comply.
DISCUSSION
Code of Ethics for Counselors & The Counseling Profession
PHILIPPINE GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING ASSOCIATION, INC.
Accredited Professional Organization (APO)
by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
The expectations for ethical conduct as expressed in this Code are based on the
following fundamental principles:
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CHAPTER I: PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
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CHAPTER II: COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP
with clients in creating counseling relationships that are consistent with client
abilities and needs.
2. Confidentiality. The counselor must preserve and safeguard the confidentiality
of the clients except:
2.1 When disclosure is required to prevent clear and imminent danger to the
client or others;
2.2 When legal requirements demand that confidential matter be revealed;
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discussthese issues with the other helper or counselor may opt not to take on
the case unless the client decides to terminate the counseling relationship.
11. Group Work. Counselors have the responsibility to protect group members
from physical and/or psychological harm resulting from interaction within the
group, both during and following the group experience.
12. Termination of Counseling. Counselors must terminate the counseling
relationships when it is deemed necessary. More specifically terminating the
counseling relationships should be done when
12.1. Goals of counseling have been met.
12.2. Client condition is beyond the counselor’s expertise.
12.3. Transference or counter-transference issues are evident.
13. Computer Use. When computer applications are used as a component of
counseling services, as in testing or assessment, counselors must ensure
that:
(a) client is capable of using the computer application;
(b) the computer application is appropriate to the needs of the client; and
(c) the client understands the purpose and operation of computer application.
Pertinent records stored in the computer such as counseling transcription, test data
and personal information data must be kept with confidentiality. In any case,
computer applications do not diminish the counselor’s responsibility to act in
accordance with the PGCA Code of Ethics, and in particular, to ensure adherence
to the principles of confidentiality, informed consent, and safeguarding against
harmful effects.
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include public and private institutions, funding agencies, employees, and so
forth.
5. Accurate Advertising. Counselors, when advertising services as private
practitioners, do so in a manner that accurately and clearly informs the public
of their services, areas of expertise, credentials such as licensure and
accreditation in an accurate manner that is not false, misleading, deceptive, or
fraudulent.
6. Respect for Privacy. Counselors limit any discussion of client information
obtained from a consulting relationship to persons clearly involved with the
case. Any written and oral reports must be restricted to the purposes of the
consultation and, every effort is made to protect client identity and to avoid
undue invasion of privacy.
7. Cooperating Agencies. Before sharing information, counselors make efforts to
ensure that these other agencies have defined policies that serve the clients
interest.
8. Conflict of Interest. Counselors who engage in consultation avoid
circumstances where the duality of relationships or the prior possession of
information could lead to a conflict of interest.
9. Professional Fees. Professional fees are based on standards prescribed by
the existing laws, ordinances, promulgations, and resolutions. Counselors
consider the financial status of clients and locality in establishing fees for
professional counseling services.
10. Pro Bono Service. Counselors render professional services in the community
or society for which there is little or no financial return (pro bono).
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6. Damage Control. Counselors alert their employers to conditions that may be
potentially disruptive or damaging to the counselor’s professional
responsibilities or that may limit their effectiveness.
7. Supervisory Relationships. Counselors in supervisory position foster good
working relationships and treat all colleagues fairly.
8. Consulting with other Professionals. Counselors may consult with other
professionally competent persons about the client. However, if the identity of
the client is to be revealed, it is done with the written consent of the client.
Counselors choose professional consultants in a manner which will avoid
placing the consultant in a conflict of interest situation.
9. Client Advocate. Counselors strive to reach agreement with employers as to
acceptable standards of conduct that allow for changes in institutional policy
conducive to the growth and development of clients.
10. Coordination. Counselors maintain proper coordination with fellow
professionals in relation to counseling services and programs implemented in
their workplace.
11. Networking and Linkages. Counselors establish a good system of networking
and linkages with other sectors to promote public and social awareness as
well as for the enhancement of the profession.
12. Referral Fee. Counselors desist from accepting referral fee from other
professionals.
13. Professional Conduct. Counselors have a responsibility both to clients and the
institution within which services are performed to maintain high standards of
professional conduct.
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5. Test Administration. Counselors administer psychological tests in accordance
with standards or guidelines of testing procedures found in the Test Manual.
6. Administrative and Supervisory Conditions. Counselors ensure that evaluation
and assessment instruments and procedures are administered and
supervised under established conditions consistent with professional
standards. They note any departures from standard conditions, and any
unusual behavior of irregularities which may affect the interpretation of results.
7. Test Data Utilization. Counselors utilize assessment data by taking into
account various factors and characteristics of the person derived from
integrated profile of battery test results that might affect the counselor’s
judgment or reduce the accuracy of information.
8. Test Confidentiality. Counselors have the responsibility to observe the
principle of confidentiality in testing.
9. Computer-Generated Tests. Counselors ensure that computer-generated test
administration and scoring programs operate properly thereby providing
clients with accurate test results.
10. Obsolete Data. Counselors do not base their assessments or
recommendations or decisions on data or test results that are outdated for the
current purpose.
11. Intellectual Property. Counselors safeguard and respect the publisher’s
intellectual property rights of psychological tests. Reproduction and/or
modification of parts thereof without acknowledgement and permission from
the publisher of psychological tests are punishable by the Law.
12. Maintaining Test Security. Counselors make reasonable efforts to maintain
the integrity and security of tests and other assessment techniques.
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5. Counselor Supervision. Counselors inform the supervisees about the process
of supervision, expectations, outcomes, monitoring, and evaluation in order to
provide competent counseling services.
6. Ethical Orientation. Counselors have an obligation to make their students,
trainees, and supervisees aware of their ethical responsibilities.
7. Evaluation. Counselor educators and trainers ensure a fair, accurate and
honest appraisal of students, supervisees and trainees.
8. Relational Boundaries. Counselors establish relationships with their students,
trainees, and supervisees such that appropriate relational boundaries are
clarified and maintained, and dual relationships avoided.
9. Contribution to Research. Counselors give credit to students and supervisees
for their contributions to research and scholarly projects in the field of
guidance and counselling.
10. Counselor Care. The counselor organization provides continuing activities for
counselor care.
11. Counselor Rights. Rehabilitation services should be available for counsellors
under stress.
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7. Reporting Accurate Results. Counselors conduct, report and make thorough
discussion of research with accuracy and avoid bias and misleading results.
8. Professional Value. Counselors communicate to others the results of any
research judged to be of professional value. Results that reflect unfavorably
on institutions, programs or services must not be withheld.
9. Acknowledgment. Counselors give due credit through acknowledgment,
footnote statements, or other appropriate means to those who have
contributed significantly to the research and/or publication in accordance with
such contributions.
10. Replication. Counselors acknowledge the fact that their researches can be
replicated by others at one point in time due to its relevance and theory-
testing.
11. Publication. Counselors submit their research output in a peer-refereed
journal for publication using the prescribed standards in writing style.
12. Review of Materials Submitted. Counselors who review materials for
publications must respect the confidentiality and propriety rights of those
persons who submitted.
What I Can Do
Assessment
TRUE OR FALSE
Write TRUE if the statement is true ad FALSE if it is false.
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Answer Key
TRUE .6
TRUE .5
FALSE .4
TRUE .3
FALSE .2
TRUE .1
A .4
D .3
B .2
D .1
References
Linde, L.E., & Erford, B. T. (2016). Ethical and legal foundations of group work in
schools. In B.T. Erford (Eds.), Group work in schools (pp. 28-42). New York, NY, US:
Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.
Internet Sources:
http://counpsychphil.blogspot.com/2007/03/code-of-ethics-for-counselors.html
http://filpsycounseling.blogspot.com/2015/02/code-of-ethics-for-registered-and.html
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